Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti, Montevideo
Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti | |
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Basic information | |
Location |
Paysandú 763 Montevideo, Uruguay |
Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
Year consecrated | 1890 |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Parish church |
Architectural description | |
Architect(s) | Ignacio Pedralbes |
Architectural type | Church |
Architectural style | Neo-Baroque |
Direction of façade | South |
The Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and Saint Vincent Pallotti (Spanish: Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de Lourdes y San Vicente Pallotti), popularly known as Iglesia de Lourdes, is a Roman Catholic parish church in Montevideo, Uruguay.[1]
Overview
Located on the intersection of the streets Paysandú and Florida, the temple was built between 1885 and 1890 by engineer Ignacio Pedralbes in a Neo-Baroque eclectic style, inspired in the churches of La Sorbonne and Saint Gervais in Paris.[2]
The parish was established on 7 September 1962.[1]
Held by the Pallottines, it is dedicated to their patron saint Vincent Pallotti and Our Lady of Lourdes.[3]
See also
There are other places of worship in Uruguay devoted to the Virgin of Lourdes:
- Grotto of Lourdes National Sanctuary
- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Church in the neighbourhood of Malvín
- Our Lady of Lourdes Parish Church in Tacuarembó
- Parish Church of Christ the Worker and Our Lady of Lourdes in Estación Atlántida
- Parish Church of Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Raphael in Rafael Perazza
References
- 1 2 "Iglesia de Lourdes". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (Spanish)
- ↑ "Iglesia de Lourdes". Inventario de la Ciudad Vieja. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Institutes of consecrated life in Uruguay". Archdiocese of Montevideo. Retrieved 30 March 2013. (Spanish)
Coordinates: 34°54′11″S 56°12′2.5″W / 34.90306°S 56.200694°W